Carole Jahme, the Guardian's evolutionary agony aunt who writes the weekly Ask Carole column, joins us in the studio to help us with our relationship troubles.
In a debate on mountaintop mining that highlights America's deep political and environmental divide, Bobby Kennedy Jr took on coal baron Don Blankenship. Let us know what you make of some of the outrageous comments.
A longer version of the debate is available in our latest Science Weekly Extra podcast.
In the newsjam we look at Barack Obama's latest pledge on the environment, ginger dinosaurs, a climate warning from the UK government's chief scientific adviser, and why running barefoot may minimise injuries.
The founder of Seti, Dr Frank Drake, recently attended a special meeting on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence at the Royal Society in London. He says we're becoming increasingly difficult for aliens to spot.
The Observer's science and technology editor Robin McKie and Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample were on hand in the studio to share their wisdom.
Don't forget to join the discussion in this month's science book club. The book we're reading is Jared Diamond's classic Guns, Germs, and Steel, which Tim Radford will review on 19 February.
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